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Historical Event on 12/11/1976

Aliyawar Jung, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
8/4/2000Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
5/3/1945Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
1/31/1963Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.